Signaling device for automobiles or like vehicles.



A. LEHRER.

SIGNLING DEVICE POR AUTOMOBILES OR LIKE VEHLGL'ES.A APPLICATION FILED Nov.z1,1910.

98,350 PtentPd'July 18, 192ML A. LEHRBR. Y SIGNALING DEVICE FOR AUTOMOBILES 0R LIKE VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 2l, 1910. I

998356 Patented Ju1y 18,1911.

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`To all whom it may concern.

UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEroE.,V

ANTON LEHRER, lOF AUBURNDALE, WISCONSIN.

SIGNALING DEVICE FOR AUTOMOBILES OR VEHICLES.

Application filed November 21, 1910. Seria1 No. 593,548.

improvements in signaling devices. for automobiles or like vehicles.

The object of this invention is the provision of a device of this character comprising a pairof signaling lights adapted to be mounted upon the front and rear of an automobile or the like, the same being so connected to a pair of treadles that upon the depression of either one the said signaling lights will be so turned as to indicate the direction in which the car i's ab at to proceed. A further object of this invention 1s to irn-A prove and simplify devices of this character, rendering them comparatively simple and inexpensive to manufacture, reliable andr eiiicient in use, and readily operated.

With the above and other objects in View', this invention resides in the novel features of construction, formations, combinationsy and arrangements of parts to be hereinafter more particularly described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in whioh'-s Figure 1 is aX longitudinal sectional view of a vehicle body having my invention applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof; Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line a-a of Fig. l, and Fig, 11 is a section taken on the line b-b of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing by characters of reference, the numeral 1 desi'nates generally the frame of an' automobile or other like vehicle. To the front and rear ends thereof are secured brackets 2, provided with parallel superimposed arms 3 and 4.-, between 4which arms, upo'n oppositely eX- tending pintles 5 and 6, are pivoted lamps 7. These lamps are provided upon their sides, which lie adjacent the op osite ends of the automobile, with vertical y extending openings 8 and 9, which are closed by suit able glass panels 10 and 11 of different shades, for av purpose which will later appear. The intermediate portions of th'e said lamps are connected Iupon their opposite sides to the brackets 2 by means .of springs 12, which serve to normally retain ythe said lamps in such a posit-ion that the previously 'mentioned openings will always ,oint in the direction of the vehicle, and wil b'e'hidden specification of Lettersratent, Patented J -ul'y 18, 1 91-1.

from the View of persons either in the front l or rear of the said vehicle.

The pintles 6 carried by the lamps 7 are extended through the lowermost arm 4 of the bracket 2, and carry keyed to their lower terminals pulleys 13, around which cables 14 are passed, said cables extending beneath the body of thevehicle to treadles 15 and 16, to the lower ends of which the said cables 14 are secured. These treadles 15 and 16 areextended through openings 17 formed in the body of the vehicle 1n the convenient reach of the driver,and having secured to their lower yends,v adjacent the points to which the cables are attached, collars 18, which serve to prevent the displacement of the said treadlesl and 16 from the openings 17.' The intermediate portion of these treadles :l5 and 16 is yieldlngly held in the same lane as'the bottom of the floor of the vehic e by means of springs'19 and 20, which surround the said treadles and bear at their opposite 'ends against the Hoor of the vehicle, collars 18' and headsof the treadles 15 and 16 respectively.

As the glass panels-which close 'the vertical openings are of different colors, it will be manifest that they may be seen in the day time and thus indicate in which direction the vehicle is about to turn without the lamps being lighted. j

From the foregoing disclosure it will be apparent that upon the de ression of either the right or the left treay le the frontv and rear lights will be so"turne`d that the light upon the right or left sides ofthe Said lamps will be so displayed that they may' be easily seen by a person either in the front or the rear of t "v'hidleLand consequently they will kno 'when the operator of the machine desires to' make a turn either to the right or the left of the road and be able to act accordingly. A

From theiforegioing description, taken in connectionwith t it will be readily apparent that a signaling device is provided for which will answer all of the necessary requirements.

Having thus fully 'described this invene accompanying rawing,

tion, what I claim and desire to secure by f Letters Patent is:

The combination with a vehicle body, of brackets having overlying arms secured to the opposite ends of the said vehicle body, of a lantern at each end of the vehicle each provided-with oppositely extending shafts rotatably engaging the arms of the respective brackets vfor rotatablyI supporting the Copies of this patent may be obtained-for five cents each, by addressing the bell crank lever connected with the cable, and a treadle pivotally connected with the 1t bell crank -leVer and vertically movable Within the vehicle body for the purpose of rotating the lanterns, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature 20 in presence of tWo witnesses.

ANTON LEHRER.

Witnesses:

PAUL HAFENBREADL, Gno. H. BAUER.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

